Themes

The following themes, motifs and speculative fiction elements occur in the Davis Rainier series.

Themes

 * Causation: Every action has a consequence that a person face for better or for worse.
 * Companionship as Salvation: Comfort and happiness taken in the presence of friends, allies and loved ones.
 * Existentialism: Self-discovery and finding meaning in life through free will, choice and responsibility.
 * Individual vs. Society: A conflict between a person's nonconformity and what society demands or expects.
 * Irony: Inversion of meaning; sometimes seen as the unexpected cruelty of life's little joke.
 * Moral Ambiguity: Occurrences involving moral dilemmas and choices by moments of glory and personality flaws for there are no absolute good and evil in a world full of "shades of grey".
 * Secret History: Fortean events, myths and legends that influence history were left supressed, forgotten or ignored, including secret societies, cults and unknown knowledge.
 * Übermensch: German for "Superman"; Nietzschean concept referenced to Davis' inner questioning of his status as a preterhuman along with others.

Elements

 * Space Travel
 * Time Travel